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Around 22:00 on Friday, the South Iceland Police received a search request from travellers staying in Öræfi. They requested police assistance in searching for the 19-year-old who had gone on a hike ...
Extensive road construction around Hornafjörður, East Iceland, will be completed before the New Year. This will shorten the Ring Road by 12 kilometres, reports RÚV.
According to RÚV, the woman arrived to Iceland with her husband and one-year-old child in 2024. Due to the family’s stop in Croatia before entering Iceland, the case is treated on the grounds of the ...
Iceland received generally positive marks in the newly released OECD economic report, presented on June 26. The report places particular emphasis on education, energy issues, and reforms to the ...
The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries has upheld a decision by the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST) to fine a sheep farmer in Grindavík 240.000 ISK (approx. 2.000 USD; 1.700 ...
In this episode, we cover a search for a lost person on Mt. Esja that began Monday and was ongoing when we recorded; we discuss last week’s fatality at Brúará, midway between Laugarvatn and Geysir; ...
Since Iceland’s urbanisation and the country’s general development, this dynamic has gone topsy-turvy. Winters are for work, summers for leisure. This rapid transformation, among other things, has ...
The documentary film festival brings new stories and well-loved traditions to Patreksfjörður It’s hard to explain the charm of Skjaldborg ...
The story of the Samherji case is not only the largest bribery scandal in Icelandic history, but also a global tale of corporate malfeasance, political corruption, journalistic tenacity, and artistic ...
Gísli Már Gíslason, a former biology professor, believes that mosquitoes found in Scandinavia and the British Isles could easily survive in Iceland. They just haven’t arrived yet, reports Vísir. He ...
Icelandic companies are being required to comply with U.S. laws that prohibit implementing policies promoting diversity, equity, or inclusion (DEI), reports RÚV. However, Icelandic law mandates that ...
The Foreign Ministry has published a travel advisory aimed at LGBTQ+ people, encouraging travellers to be mindful of the attitudes found in other countries.